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Chicago improved to 1-4 on a season-high, nine-game homestand
that continues with a rubber match against Kansas City on
Thursday afternoon.
While the Royals clinched the season series from the White Sox
with Tuesday's 9-7 victory, Chicago needs every win it can get
in a pursuit to repeat as division champions.
The White Sox enter September trailing American League
Central-leading Cleveland by five games. Chicago is without
manager Tony La Russa indefinitely as the 77-year-old skipper
travels to Arizona to undergo medical testing.
La Russa was on hand for pregame activities Tuesday but received
doctors' orders not to manage about one hour before first pitch.
Kansas City, which saw its five-game winning streak against
Chicago come to an end, made the home crowd squirm in the fourth
inning Wednesday when Bobby Witt Jr. connected for the club's
fifth home run of the series. Witt's team-high-tying 19th home
run traveled an estimated 441 feet.
Pollock tied the game leading off the bottom of the inning,
homering against Royals left-hander Kris Bubic. Andrus gave
Chicago the lead in the fifth, hitting his first home run in 11
games since joining the White Sox following his release from
Oakland.
Lynn (4-5) stymied the Royals behind seven innings of one-run
ball, spacing four hits and eight strikeouts without walking a
batter.
Liam Hendriks notched his 29th save in 33 chances, pitching
around a two-out RBI single from Michael Massey that followed a
triple from Michael A. Taylor.
Chicago added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh. Andrus
contributed an RBI groundout before Jose Abreu delivered a
run-scoring single. Romy Gonzalez had two hits for the White
Sox.
Bubic fell to 2-10 despite registering a quality start,
scattering two runs on five hits in six innings with four walks
and one strikeout.
Royals catcher Salvador Perez was scratched from the starting
lineup due to back tightness. The team says he is day-to-day.
--Field Level Media
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